Image cache to new server

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: 4.140.1
Player Version#: N/A

I have Plex Media Server running on Raspberry Pi OS 12 (bookworm.) I am moving to a fresh install on a new SD card. I have backed-up the preferences.xml file and also the library.

When I run the new install there is no image cache / thumbnails etc. I know that it can populate it by downloading everything fresh from the internet.

However, I am wondering if there are certain files / folders that I can copy across as this would be quicker?

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The only way to take it to the new SD card, and keep everything intact, is to make an image (tar ball) backup of /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library and then extract it on the new SD card.

When you do this, you keep:

  1. Your Preferences.xml (identity and preferences)
  2. Your database (of all the indexed media)
  3. All the metadata
  4. All the thumbnails
  5. Any customizations (posters, etc) you have made.